NORFOLK, Va. – Freshman Rae Corbo of the Norfolk State women's basketball team was named the MEAC Rookie of the Week, the conference office announced Monday in the first weekly awards of the 2010-11 season.

A 5-foot-6 guard out of Englewood, N.J., Corbo tallied 13 points in NSU's 66-51 win over Wofford Saturday afternoon in the Spartans' home opener at Joseph Echols Hall.

Corbo shot 6-of-10 from the field and hit her only free throw attempt of the game to go along with two steals, one assist and one rebound against the Terriers.

On the season, Corbo is averaging 8.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game. She stands tied for third in the MEAC in assists with 3.8 per contest and also ranks eighth in steals with 2.2 per game and fourth in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.2.

NSU will kick off the conference season Saturday at North Carolina A&T at 2 p.m.